At 5 PM Saturday, March 21, Governor J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 Executive Order No. 8, aka the Stay at Home order, took effect. Here’s a daily-ish journal of how Reader staff, our friends, family—and our pets—are spending our time.
Day 24: April 13
What we’re listening to:
- Carmen G.’s “Es ist kalt um mich herum”
- Alice Elysée “Lolita”
- Karen Clark’s Finally Karen (blasted it from my windows on Easter Sunday)
What we’re watching:
- Wild Chicago after reading Leor Galil’s “The saga of Punkin’ Donuts”
- Lorena, the four-part series about the woman who cut off her husband’s penis in 1993 and kick-started real conversations about domestic violence, sexual assault, and believing women
What we’re reading:
- Just finished Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age
- The New York Times article “Cam Girls, Coronavirus, and Sex Online Now”
- Just started Deep as Death by Katja Ivar
What we’re eating:
- My partner’s chicken shawarma, with a big jar of homemade garlic sauce
- All my veggies mixed together to make soup
- Sara Lee’s Apple Pie
What we’re making:
- A window installation for Purple Window Gallery’s “Hello Neighbor.” It’s open to the public, just email purplewindowgallery@gmail.com for more information.
What we’re playing:
- Moved on from Sims 4 and to Sims Medieval with the Pirates & Noble expansion pack